音読み: キョウ
訓読み: さけぶ
画数: 6
部首: 口（くちへん）
Meaning
Shout / Cry / Yell
- Basic forms
- 叫ぶ — shout; cry out / base form
- 叫びます — shouts; cries out / masu form
- 叫んだ — shouted; cried out / ta form
- 叫んで — shouting … / te form
- 叫ばない — do not shout / negative
- 叫べば — if (one) shouts / conditional
- Common expressions
- 助けを呼ぶために叫んだ — shouted to call for help
- 名前を叫んだ — shouted someone’s name
- More
- 叫んでいる — is shouting / state
叫ぶ（さけぶ） is a godan intransitive verb. It refers to raising one’s voice loudly, often to express strong emotion such as fear, anger, or desperation.
- 叫ぶ — to shout; to cry out
- 叫び — a shout; cry; yell
- 叫喚 — crying; screaming
- 絶叫 — loud scream; shriek
- 呼叫 — call; cry; shout
- 号叫 — loud outcry
The left side 口 (mouth) shows the source of sound. The right side provides the sound clue キョウ. Together they capture the meaning of “raising one’s voice” — to shout or cry out.